The Scot accused of being the real-life stalker portrayed in the hit Netflix show Baby Reindeer has claimed: "I'm the victim here."
08.04.2024 - 03:37 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A climber has told of how a volunteer lifeboat crew saved her life after an abseiling trip went horribly wrong.
In May 2022, Louise Houghton was visiting Orkney with friends after travelling up from Wigan. On the first day of the trip, Ms Houghton and her friends had planned to visit the Old Man Of Hoy, but due to poor weather, they decided to go abseiling instead on Yesnaby cliffs.
When she jumped, the anchor that tethers the abseiler to the cliff edge failed, and Ms Houghton fell into the rocks below before plummeting into the sea. Her friends were then able to pull her out.
Ms Houghton said: "I remember falling, and then being pulled out of the water by my friends. It all happened so quickly".
After being pulled from the water, she added: "I remember passers-by at the top of the cliff throwing down their coats in an attempt to keep me warm, but I remember feeling hot.
"My vision began to go blurry, but I also felt a wave of an adrenaline and started chatting to my friends."
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) volunteers, including Peter Mackay, soon arrived to treat her on the scene. Mr Mackay, who has volunteered with Stromness RNLI for 11 years, said that although she was conscious at first, she appeared to be deteriorating quickly.
He said: "I had to make a decision as Louise was slipping in and out of consciousness. I made an initial assessment and requested another crew member came to help me put her on a stretcher, and then transfer her to the all-weather lifeboat".
Ms Houghton was transferred over to the Stromness RNLI All-weather lifeboat named, Violet Dorothy and Kathleen, and was then winched by a coastguard helicopter to be transferred to Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall.
Mr Mackay said: "I had to stay on the
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